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Cassiterite from
Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz12
Muscovite4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:466152
Long-form Identifier:1:3:466152:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
31.8km (19.7 miles) Moina Quarry, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
31.9km (19.8 miles) Dolcoath Mine, Dolcoath Hill, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.0km (19.9 miles) All Nations mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.5km (20.2 miles) Shepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.9km (20.5 miles) Sayers mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
33.1km (20.5 miles) Princess Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
42.7km (26.5 miles) Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
48.9km (30.4 miles) Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
50.9km (31.6 miles) Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
51.1km (31.8 miles) Razorback mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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